On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk> wrote: > Python itself is a highly dynamic language and not amenable to direct > compilation. Instead modern just-in-time compiler technology is seen as the > way to improve Python performance. Projects that are doing this are PyPy and > Unladen Swallow. A static subset of Python can be statically compiled, > projects that do that include RPython (part of PyPy) and ShedSkin. These are > not really Python though, just Python like languages that happen to be valid > subsets of Python.
I agree. However, if you're doing it as a fun final project and don't care about performance and don't mind generating slow code, then go for it. You'd also want to cut a bunch of corners like exec and eval. Reid _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
